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Manage Connections

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud and Publisher

Note

Only follow this process if you plan to connect our on-premises Publisher to your Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud portal.

Once onboarded to PMPC Cloud, you can manage all of the instances of Publisher connected to your portal. This allows you to package Custom Apps into your OnPrem Publisher.

All connection-related tasks are performed from the Connections node of the portal, accessed by navigating to Settings | Connections.

Navigating to “Settings | Connections”

The Connections page is then displayed, showing any existing connections from Publisher and allowing you to:

“Connections” page

Add a Connection

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud, Publisher

To connect our on-premises Publisher to Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud, you need to:

  1. Load the Patch My PC Publishing Service (Publisher) and verify you are running at least version 2.1.20.0. If you are not, upgrade to the latest version.

  2. Click the Cloud tab.

Tip

If the Cloud tab is not present, check you have entered your license key and clicked Validate.

"Cloud" tab of our Publisher

  1. In the Connection Name field, enter a unique name for the connection. For example Patch My PC Custom Apps, then click Connect.

Note

The name you enter here determines how this connection shows on the Connections page of the portal.

Entering a “Connection Name” and clicking “Connect”

  1. In your browser, enter the Entra ID you used to onboard to PMPC Cloud or click to select the relevant account from the list of already signed-in accounts. Then click Next.

    “Microsoft Sign in” screen

  2. Enter the password and click Sign in.

    “Enter password” screen

    If the connection is successful, a new browser tab opens with the following message:

    Authentication complete. You can return to the application. Feel free to close this browser tab. You can close this tab at this point.

  3. If the Edit a customer screen is not displayed, proceed to Step 11.

  4. If the Edit a customer screen is displayed, click to select the customer you want to connect to, then click OK.

    Selecting the relevant customer from the “Edit a customer” screen

  5. In Publisher, verify the Connection Status shows as Connected, then click Save and Close.

    Publisher showing it’s “Connected”

Note

You can also use the Verify the Publisher connection process to verify that your Publisher is connected to the portal.

Verify the Publisher connection

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud, Publisher

To verify our on-premises Publisher is connected is connected to your Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud portal:

  1. Sign in to the Portal at https://portal.patchmypc.com/.

  2. Navigate to Settings | Connections.

    Navigating to “Settings | Connections”

  3. Verify the name you entered when connecting the Publisher to the portal is shown. For example Patch My PC Custom Apps.

    “Connections” screen showing the Publisher connection

Delete a Connection

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud

To delete a Connection from Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud:

  1. On the Connections page, click the trashcan beside the connection you want to delete.

  2. On the Are you sure you want to delete <connection_name> dialog box, click Yes to confirm the deletion.

    The Connection is deleted and the Success - Publisher "<connection_name>" deleted notification is shown.